University of Alaska Fairbanks
Lunar obligations
$2.9Mas prime
Lunar awards
10as prime
Its subcontractors
0none reported
Primes it works for
2$179K in subawards
Who it subcontracts to
No subawards reported under its lunar awards.
Who it works for
1) PROVIDE INPUT FOR ROSES EXOBIOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY SOLICITATION ANNUALLY & ANY UPDATES AS NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 2) ORGANIZE & MANAGE REVIEW PANELS: SET DATES & LOCATIONS, OVERSEE RECRUITING ALL PANELISTS & NON-PANEL REVIEWERS, CONDUCT THE REVIEW, & REVIEW PANEL EVALUATIONS. 3) COMMUNICATE WITH PROPOSERS REGARDING THE PROGRESS OF THEIR REVIEW & SELECTION DECISIONS, & EVALUATE REQUESTS FOR RECONSIDERATION. 4) PREPARE & PRESENT TO THE SELECTING OFFICIAL THE SELECTION REQUIREMENTS PACKAGE AND THE SELECTION DECISION DOCUMENT. 5) INTERFACE WITH HGAO, NSSC, AND THE PROGRAM SUPPORT SPECIALIST, & RESOURCE ANALYSTS TO FACILITATE TIMELY RELEASE OF FUNDING. 6) COMMUNICATE WITH PRIOR AWARD RECIPIENTS REGARDING THE PROGRESS OF THEIR RESEARCH AND THE ACCEPTABILITY OF THEIR ANNUAL REPORTS. 7) INTERFACE WITH HGAO, NSSC, THE PROGRAM SUPPORT SPECIALIST, & RESOURCE ANALYSTS TO FACILITATE TIMELY RELEASE OF CONTINUATION FUNDS. 8) PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RELATED FUNDING ACTIONS ON ANY REQUESTS FOR PI TRANSFERS, AUGMENTATIONS, & EXTENSIONS OF EXISTING AWARDS. 9) SET REVIEW SCHEDULE TO ENABLE ANNOUNCEMENT OF SELECTION DECISIONS WITHIN 180 DAYS OF PROPOSAL RECEIPT. SELECTION DECISIONS WILL BE ANNOUNCED WITHIN 180 DAYS OF PROPOSAL RECEIPT OR WITHIN 4 WEEKS OF MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT TO PROGRAM BUDGETS, WHICHEVER IS LATER. 10) PROVIDE INPUT TO THE ANNUAL GPRA REPORT.
THE LUNAR ENVIRONMENT HELIOPHYSICS X-RAY IMAGER (LEXI) WILL IMAGE THE INTERACTION OF THE SOLAR WIND WITH THE EARTH"™S MAGNETOSPHERE TO ADDRESS MAJOR OUTSTANDING SCIENCE QUESTIONS IN HELIOPHYSICS. THE OVERARCHING OBJECTIVES OF LEXI ARE TO ANSWER TWO CENTRAL QUESTIONS TO NASA"™S HELIOPHYSICS DIVISION AND AS WELL AS THE GREATER SPACE SCIENCE COMMUNITY: 1. UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS IS MAGNETOPAUSE RECONNECTION TEMPORALLY STEADY? 2. UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS IS MAGNETOPAUSE RECONNECTION BURSTY OR TEMPORALLY VARIABLE? DR. CONNOR WILL SUPPORT LEXI TEAM TO REACH SUCCESSFUL SCIENCE CLOSURE THROUGH THE MODELING AND DATA ANALYSIS ACTIVITIES.
Lunar awards as prime
| Award | Description | Period | Obligated |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80NSSC25K7277 | ROSES 2024 NNH23ZDA001N. EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCY S EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.. | 2024-12-01 → 2027-11-30 | $647K |
| 80NSSC20K0315 | WE ARE PROPOSING TO EXAMINE SAMPLING OF THE BEST PRESERVED CRATERS RESULTING FROM LOW-ANGLE IMPACT ON THE MOON. WE WILL CONDUCT A SERIES OF LOW-ANGLE IMPACT EXPERIMENTS AT JOHNS HOPKINS APL'S PLANETARY IMPACT LABORATORY AND AMES VERTICAL GUN RANGE. | 2019-11-25 → 2024-11-24 | $471K |
| 80NSSC25K7386 | THE ROSES FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GOALS ARE: EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCY S EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. | 2025-06-01 → 2028-05-31 | $405K |
| 80NSSC25K0162 | EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCY S EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS | 2025-06-20 → 2028-06-19 | $332K |
| 80NSSC25K7431 | EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCY S EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. | 2025-01-01 → 2027-12-31 | $313K |
| 2429958 | EPSCOR RESEARCH FELLOWS: @NASA: NON-HYDRAULIC CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITE FOR LUNAR CONSTRUCTION WITH IN-SITU RESOURCES -THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES CHALLENGES IN CONSTRUCTING LUNAR INFRASTRUCTURE, SPECIFICALLY THE HIGH COSTS AND RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSPORTING MATERIALS TO THE MOON, EXACERBATED BY ITS HARSH ENVIRONMENT. BY UTILIZING LUNAR IN-SITU RESOURCES, THE PROJECT AIMS TO ENABLE SUSTAINABLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE LUNAR CONSTRUCTION, CRUCIAL FOR ADVANCING HUMAN EXPLORATION OF MARS, CONDUCTING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, AND POTENTIALLY ESTABLISHING HUMAN SETTLEMENTS BEYOND EARTH. THE PROJECT FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING LUNAR THERMOCHEMICALLY ACTIVATED CONCRETE (LTAC), A NON-HYDRAULIC CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITE DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND LUNAR EXTREMES. ALIGNED WITH NASA'S LUNAR CONSTRUCTION CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP, LTAC IS INTENDED FOR DIVERSE LUNAR APPLICATIONS INCLUDING LANDING PADS, HABITATS, AND TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PROJECT CONTRIBUTES TO SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS BY IMPROVING CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS, SUPPORTING NATIONAL SPACE EXPLORATION OBJECTIVES. ADDITIONALLY, IT AIMS TO ENHANCE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN STEM FIELDS AND POTENTIALLY FOSTER SOCIETAL BENEFITS BY PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE LIVING BEYOND EARTH. THIS EFFORT ENSURES AMERICAN GLOBAL LEADERSHIP IN SPACE TECHNOLOGY THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED MATERIALS, STRUCTURES, AND MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES, AS WELL AS FACILITATING ACCESS TO EXTRATERRESTRIAL RESOURCES. THE LTAC UTILIZES LUNAR REGOLITH AS ITS PRIMARY RAW MATERIAL AND EMPLOYS A NOVEL THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESS THAT COMBINES ALKALI ACTIVATION WITH THERMAL PROCESSING UNDER VACUUM CONDITIONS. RESEARCH IN THIS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOCUSES ON DESIGNING, DEVELOPING, AND EVALUATING LTAC, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ASSESSING ITS MICROSTRUCTURAL AND ENGINEERING PROPERTIES. COMPUTATIONAL MODELING COMPLEMENTS EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS, ENHANCING THE UNDERSTANDING OF LTAC SYNTHESIS AND ITS PERFORMANCE IN LUNAR ENVIRONMENTS. PROJECT OBJECTIVES INCLUDE FORMULATING LTAC MIXTURE DESIGNS AND SYNTHESIS PARAMETERS TO MEET ENGINEERING SPECIFICATIONS FOR LUNAR CONSTRUCTION, REFINING LTAC PROPERTIES THROUGH RIGOROUS TESTING UNDER LUNAR CONDITIONS (INCLUDING TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS, THERMAL CYCLING, ABRASION, AND IMPACT), AND DEVELOPING MODELS TO OPTIMIZE LTAC DESIGN AND PREDICT ITS PERFORMANCE IN LUNAR SETTINGS. FURTHERMORE, THE PROJECT AIMS TO BROADEN PARTICIPATION AND INTEGRATE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES BY CREATING RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES, OUTREACH PROGRAMS, AND INCORPORATING PROJECT OUTCOMES INTO EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES. COLLABORATION WITH NASA'S GLENN RESEARCH CENTER PROVIDES ESSENTIAL SUPPORT FOR SIMULATING LUNAR CONDITIONS, INCLUDING ISOBARIC TEMPERATURE CYCLING AND IMPACT TESTING, CRUCIAL FOR EVALUATING MATERIAL PERFORMANCE IN LUNAR-LIKE ENVIRONMENTS. THE PROJECT'S INTELLECTUAL MERITS LIE IN DEVELOPING A NOVEL THERMOCHEMICAL ACTIVATION PROCESS FOR CASTING CONSTRUCTION COMPOSITES USING LOCALLY SOURCED MATERIALS WITHOUT WATER AT LOW TEMPERATURES, APPLICABLE TO BOTH LUNAR REGOLITH AND TERRESTRIAL ALUMINOSILICATE MATERIALS. INTEGRATING REGOLITH DERIVATIVES LIKE GLASS FRAGMENTS AND CAST BASALT ENHANCES LTAC'S STRUCTURAL STABILITY AND RESILIENCE IN LUNAR SETTINGS. THE VACUUM CURING PROCESS ALIGNS WITH LUNAR CONSTRUCTION CONDITIONS, AIMING TO ADVANCE LUNAR CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND ESTABLISH SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE MOON. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD. | 2025-01-01 → 2026-12-31 | $300K |
| 80NSSC25M7048 | THE ROSES FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GOALS ARE: EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCY S EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. | 2025-01-01 → 2027-12-31 | $287K |
| 80NSSC25K7546 | EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCY S EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. | 2025-01-06 → 2027-01-05 | $100K |
| 80NSSC21M0137 | NASA IS DEVELOPING NEW GENERATION OF ADVANCED STRUCTURAL MATERIALS COATINGS AND ADHESIVES (HEREAFTER MATERIALS) FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SPACECRAFT AND VEHICLES FOR LUNAR MISSION APPLICATIONS. THESE MATERIALS WILL BE SUBJECTED TO THE EXTREME TEMPERATURE | 2021-07-01 → 2022-06-30 | $95K |
| 80NSSC21K1437 | HOT FLOW ANOMALIES (HFAS) AND FORESHOCK BUBBLES (FBS) ARE FREQUENTLY OBSERVED IN EARTH S FORESHOCK. THEY FORM WHEN FORESHOCK IONS INTERACT WITH SOLAR WIND DISCONTINUITIES. BECAUSE OF THEIR VERY LOW DYNAMIC PRESSURE THEY CAN RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DISTURBANCES AT THE BOW SHOCK MAGNETOSHEATH MAGNETOPAUSE AND CONSEQUENTLY THE MAGNETOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE SYSTEM. THEY ARE ALSO FOUND TO BE EFFICIENT PARTICLE ACCELERATORS INCREASING PARTICLE ACCELERATION EFFICIENCY AT THE BOW SHOCK. DESPITE THEIR IMPORTANCE THEIR FORMATION CONDITIONS ARE STILL NOT FULLY UNDERSTOOD. PREVIOUS STUDIES HAVE DETERMINED THEIR FAVORABLE SOLAR WIND CONDITIONS. HOWEVER IT SHOULD BE THE FORESHOCK ION CONDITIONS THAT DIRECTLY DETERMINE THEIR FORMATION AND THE ROLE OF SOLAR WIND CONDITIONS IS TO AFFECT THE FORESHOCK ION PROPERTIES. WE PROPOSE TO USE MMS OBSERVATIONS TO DETERMINE THE FORESHOCK ION CONDITIONS THAT FAVOR HFA/FB FORMATIONS. THE STUDY CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS. WE WILL FIRST CONDUCT A STATISTICAL STUDY OF FORESHOCK ION PROPERTIES AROUND EACH HFA/FB EVENT (~130 IN OUR MMS DATABASE). BY COMPARING THEM WITH BACKGROUND FORESHOCK ION PROPERTIES WHENEVER MMS IS IN THE FORESHOCK WE WILL THUS DETERMINE THE FAVORABLE FORESHOCK ION CONDITIONS AND HOW THEY ARE RELATED TO THE SOLAR WIND SPEED DENSITY MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTH AND LOCAL BOW SHOCK CONDITIONS (MACH NUMBER ... ...). THE NEXT STUDY IS A MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY (>10 EVENTS) ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FAVORABLE FORESHOCK ION CONDITIONS AND THE PROPERTIES OF SOLAR WIND DISCONTINUITIES (THICKNESS SHEAR ANGLE ORIENTATION). WE WILL USE THEMIS/ARTEMIS TO OBSERVE THE DRIVER DISCONTINUITIES IN THE PRISTINE SOLAR WIND AND MMS NEAR THE BOW SHOCK TO OBSERVE THE HFAS/FBS AND THE ASSOCIATED FORESHOCK ION PROPERTIES. THESE TWO STUDIES ARE THE NECESSARY STEP TOWARDS A QUANTIFIED FORMATION MODEL OF HFAS/FBS WHICH WILL HELP PREDICT THEIR SPACE WEATHER EFFECTS AND THEIR ROLES IN OTHER SHOCK ENVIRONMENTS SUCH AS ASTROPHYSICAL SHOCKS WITHOUT IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS. | 2021-07-01 → ? | $0 |